Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), the biggest cancer hospital in India recently, established a ‘Bio-Imaging Bank’ for utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
About ‘Bio-Imaging Bank’:
- Bio-Imaging Bank project aims to establish a robust repository interweaving radiology and pathology images with clinical data, treatment specifics, and metadata.
- It is funded by the Department of Biotechnology and collaborates with top institutions like IIT-Bombay, RGCIRC-New Delhi, AIIMS, and PGIMER-Chandigarh.
- The project focuses initially on head neck and lung cancers.
Role of Artificial Intelligence:
- AI is instrumental in early cancer detection by mimicking human brain information processing and aids in recognizing tissue changes and potential malignancies.
- It analyses radiological and pathological images, learning from extensive datasets to identify unique features associated with various cancers.
- The project involves training and testing AI algorithms for tasks such as screening for lymph node metastases, nucleus segmentation, biomarker prediction, and therapy response.
- The integration of patients’ data by utilizing AI can reduce radiation exposure for paediatric patients during CT scans.
- The hospital has achieved a 40% reduction in radiation through innovative AI algorithms, ensuring diagnostic quality without compromising patient safety.
- AI could swiftly detect cancer with a click, enhancing precision, improving patient outcomes, and aiding healthcare professionals in decision-making in the future.
- However, debates on AI replacing human radiologists and regulatory scrutiny, highlights the need for careful integration of this technology into healthcare practices.
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